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How Apple screwed Facebook

It is not unusual for the bosses of Apple and Facebook to be at loggerheads with each other over privacy.

Weeks later Apple introduced privacy controls that hampered Facebook’s ability to collect user data via Apple devices.

Things moved up a notch at the end of last year after Apple revealed that app-tracking transparency would be installed as part of its latest system update.

Until iOS 14.5 came along, apps like Facebook could automatically track what people were looking at on their phones and sell targeted ad space accordingly.

Cook retaliated by tweeting that users “should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it’s used”.

Since the update went live last month iPhone owners have been opting out of data tracking in their droves.

When Apple is asking users not to track – and that language is important – if anything it’s sticking a couple of fingers up at Facebook.”. »

Iran shot down plane full of Canadians intentionally in act of terrorism, Ontario judge rules

Authored by nationalpost.com

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Iran shot down plane full of Canadians intentionally in act of terrorism, Ontario judge rules A jury will now decide how much Iran should pay the victims.

Try refreshing your browser, or Iran shot down plane full of Canadians intentionally in act of terrorism, Ontario judge rules Back to video The plaintiffs asked in their statement of claim for $1.5 billion. »

Lady Gaga Shares She Was Pregnant After Past Sexual Assault Experience

Authored by eonline.com

Lady Gaga is getting candid about being a survivor of sexual assault.

During her segment, Lady Gaga shared details from a time when she found out she was pregnant following nonconsensual sex.

"And I said no. And I left, and they told me they were going to burn all of my music. »

Employees are feeling burned over broken work-from-home promises and corporate culture ‘BS’ as employers try to bring them back to the office

Authored by theconversation.com

A recent survey of full-time corporate or government employees found that two-thirds say their employers either have not communicated a post-pandemic office strategy or have only vaguely done so.

We first began investigating workers’ pandemic experiences in July 2020 as shelter-in-place orders shuttered offices and remote work was widespread.

At the time, we wanted to know how workers were using their newfound freedom to potentially work virtually from anywhere. »

Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ use can alter brain representation of the hand

Authored by ucl.ac.uk

The team trained people to use a robotic extra thumb and found they could effectively carry out dextrous tasks, like building a tower of blocks, with one hand (now with two thumbs).

The researchers report in the journal Science Robotics that participants trained to use the thumb also increasingly felt like it was a part of their body.

She was later invited to join Professor Tamar Makin’s team of neuroscientists at UCL who were investigating how the brain can adapt to body augmentation. »